Speech Language Pathologist - Education Services

YAI - Seeing beyond disability; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

YAI - Seeing beyond disability seeks a Speech Language Pathologist to evaluate speech, language and feeding needs for school-age students and provide direct, evidence-based services aligned with IEP goals in a collaborative school setting.

You may supervise clinical fellows or graduate students; licensure requirements include NYSED SLP license and TSSLD/TSHH certification, with strong interpersonal, written communication and organizational skills essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Valid NYSED Speech Language Pathologist license and current registration.
• Current TSHH or TSSLD certification from NYSED.
• Strong interpersonal and writing/organizational skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Provides intensive speech and language, feeding and/or AAC services to assigned caseload.
• Develops safe therapeutic interventions and feeding plans as needed.
• Assesses and develops plans addressing communication, AAC, oral motor and feeding needs.
• Evaluates and documents progress in session notes and reports.
• Completes evaluations and updates IEP goals as needed.
• Communicates with parents and medical professionals impacting student plans.
• Collaborates with educators and related service providers to meet student needs.
• May cover as substitute teacher for related activities.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Strong writing skills

MS Word & PowerPoint

Education

NYSED SLP license

TSHH or TSSLD certification

Tools

ASHA CCC

PROMPT training

Job description

Mission Statement

The iHOPE school community strives to provide comprehensive services for our students, who present with a variety of diagnoses including Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired Brain Injury, and other brain-based disorders. Our students participate in academic instruction with appropriate modification and adaptation, as well as therapeutic services, based upon a collaborative, researched-based model that integrates current technology. iHOPE is committed to learners with complex needs and to their social, emotional, adaptive and educational advancement. Accessibility and integration into the larger community are at the core of our belief system.

Position Summary

Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) evaluate speech, language and/or feeding needs of and provide direct services school-age students. Implements comprehensive, evidence-based treatments and establishes, documents and assessing progress related to therapeutic goals. May provide clinical supervision to clinical fellows and graduate students.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Provides intensive speech and language, feeding and/or Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services and therapy to assigned caseload consistent with students’ documented therapy goals, including those defined in areas of instructional and therapeutic focus and/or Individualized Education Program (IEP).
• Develops and implements safe and appropriate therapeutic interventions; assists in development of feeding and meal-time plans, as needed.
• Assesses and develops therapeutic plans that address the communication, AAC, oral motor, and feeding needs of students based on their individual strengths and challenges.
• Evaluates, documents and monitors treatment and progress in session notes, progress reports and evaluations in a timely manner.
• Completes evaluations and assessments of students, establishing and updating therapeutic goals and/or Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) as needed.
• Communicates and collaborates with parents regularly and with medical professionals as needed, specifically as they impact upon the student’s educational plan, therapeutic goals and/or feeding or intervention plans.
• Collaborates with administrators, teachers and other related service providers within the school setting to ensure that a comprehensive educational plan is in place to meet each students’ individual needs.
• May provide coverage as a substitute teacher for school-related activities and/or lessons, as needed.
• May monitor and screen hearing status and make referrals, as needed.
• May assist with documenting medical necessity for AAC devices and work with providers or parents to facilitate authorizations, as needed.
• Performs all other duties, as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Valid license and current registration as a Speech Language Pathologist issued by the NYS Department of Education (NYSED);
• Current certification and registration as a Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped (TSHH) or Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD), issued by the New York State Education Department;
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong writing and organizations skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Programs, specifically Word and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualification Requirements

• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology issued by American Speech-Language-Hearing Associate (ASHA)
• Experience and knowledge of any of the following: AAC/AT and communication applications
• Oral motor structures and function
• Swallowing and feeding issues working with individuals with complex physical and communication delays
• Speech motor disorders
• Training or certification in PROMPT
• Experience with a variety of communication disorders, including writing therapeutic and/or IEP goals and performing SLP assessments with students with significant disabilities

Compensation Range

$70,000 to $88,000 per year

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

Our Roots

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together

At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

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